Finite element modelling of welded aluminium members subjected to four-point bending

Thin-Walled Structures

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-320

  Wang, T ^a   Hopperstad, O S ^a   Lademo, O G ^a,b   Larsen, P K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Anisotropy; Explicit; Implicit; Shell; Welds

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANISOTROPY; BENDING (DEFORMATION); DUCTILE FRACTURE; PLASTICITY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

ALUMINIUM MEMBERS; ANISOTROPIC PLASTICITY; STRAIN LOCALIZATION; TENSION FLANGE;

WELDS;

EID: 34249313336     PISSN: 02638231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tws.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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